unpegged

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adjective

Not pegged.

OriginEnglish pegged ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unpegged1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unpeg

unpegged2

adjectiveunpegged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot pegged.

    The unpegged sides of the tent flapped and billowed in the wind, rain drizzled.

    1942, Emily Carr, “A Cup of Tea”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC

Origin

unpegged · verb

From unpeg + -ed.

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unpegged · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishpegged
  9. Englishunpegged

From un- + pegged.

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Cite this entry
APA

unpegged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpegged

MLA

“unpegged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpegged. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpegged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpegged.

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